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Plenty of LSU-Alabama battles on horizon per prospects at RCS Mobile

CLASS OF 2019 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | State | Position | Team

MOBILE, Ala. - It’s our job at Rivals.com to cut through all the noise and zero in on where the nation’s top players will end up playing their college football. Sometimes when it comes to searching for information, the best intel comes from fellow elite prospects. At Sunday’s Mobile stop of the Rivals 3 Stripe Camp Series presented by adidas event, we surveyed several prospects about where four elite prospects will eventually land. Here are the results.

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The pick: Alabama

Why: “I think Alabama because I know he’s going somewhere big. He’s going somewhere real big.” – Louisiana-based defensive back Jerrae Williams

The pick: Alabama or LSU

Why: He has a lot of offers. Alabama just offered him yesterday. I think that was a big one. When players get that offer it usually means it’s between them and LSU.” - Three-star athlete Tyler Guidry

The pick: Alabama

Why: “I just feel like it. I can’t speak for why other guys would want to go somewhere but I feel like if I had a chance to go to Alabama I would because it’s a winning program and I’m pretty sure that of all the times they have played for a championship and put guys in the NFL means a lot to other recruits.” – 2020 defensive back Jamie Vance

The pick: LSU

Why: “I saw that he got the Alabama offer yesterday but I know he’s from Louisiana with us and I know he’s going to go somewhere in the SEC.” - Three-star linebacker Bryton Constantin

The pick: LSU

Why: “I think we’re all going to stay in the boot.” – Three-star running back Michael Hollins

The pick: Alabama

Why: “I just feel like he can fit that scheme well.” –2019 defensive back Tyruss Gayden

The pick: Alabama

Why: “It’s big time. SEC.” – 2019 DB Jarrae Williams

The pick: LSU or Alabama

Why: “I really think it’s in between right now.” – Rivals100 offensive lineman and LSU commit Kardell Thomas

The pick: Alabama

Why: “Alabama has built a program where they want speed and I think he wants to play with great players so he will fit in there.” – 2019 wide receiver Tyler McNair

The pick: LSU

Why: “He’s from there and it’s a good school.” – Three-star offensive lineman Dylan Rathcke

The pick: Alabama

Why: “That’s where a lot of good DBs go and think he’d do well there.” - Three-star offensive lineman Caleb Etienne

The pick: LSU

Why: “I think he’ll go to the boot, LSU. That’s where he’s from and he’s there all the time and he’s always talking about them.” – Three-star defensive back Jarrian Jones

The pick: LSU

Why: “He’s a great corner and he’s going to go somewhere that he fits and he’s needed and I think that’s LSU.” - Guidry

The pick: LSU

Why: “Probably because of the relationship between him and Coach (Corey) Raymond.” - Vance

The pick: LSU

Why: “That’s one of my boys man. I know he’s kind of iffy with Alabama, too, but if I had to say it would be LSU.” – Constantin

The pick: LSU

Why: “Just because of the relationship he has with them and the fact that they were one of his first offers. I know from my experience that the first offer you get sticks with you and means a lot.” – Hollins

The pick: LSU

Why: “He likes LSU.” – Gayden

The pick: LSU

Why: “Hometown and they always get the defensive backs from their hometown.” – Williams

The pick: LSU

Why: “We got him.” - Thomas

The pick: Tennessee

Why: “He’s a versatile player so I can see him there. They just feel like that’s his type of environment.” – McNair

The pick: LSU

Why: “Probably LSU, though. Because he likes LSU and that’s home for home.” – 2019 offensive lineman Ted Melson

The pick: LSU

Why: “Because it seems like he wants to stay home.” - 2019 defensive back Tyler Judson

The pick: LSU

Why: He is right down the block from LSU. He can walk to the school. He and coach Raymond have a great relationship. He committed to them early and I think he goes back to them. - 2020 ATH Koy Moore

The pick: LSU

Why: “Because he’s from Louisiana and that’s where everyone from there goes.” – Three-star defensive tackle Patrick Lucas

The pick: Alabama

Why: “He’s an Alabama fit. He’s big and strong and can move and Alabama loves guys like that.” – Guidry

The pick: Alabama, Clemson or LSU

Why: “I know he has offers from every school in the country so I know it will be a really good defensive line school like Alabama, Clemson or LSU.” – Constantin

The pick: LSU

Why: “It’s just what I’ve seen from him.” – Hollins

The pick: Alabama

Why: “The scheme they run fits him well and I think he can have a big impact from right when he steps on campus.” – Gayden

The pick: LSU

Why: “I think he likes them.” – Williams

The pick: LSU

Why: “That’s one I’m really working on. But if you look at LSU’s depth at defensive line it’s really a place he can come in and have an impact right away.” - Thomas

The pick: LSU

Why: “He’s going to LSU for sure. They’re recruiting him heavy so he’s going to go to LSU.” - Melson

The pick: Oregon

Why: "I know Oregon is his dream school. I know he has talked about them a lot and I have to go with Oregon." - Moore

The pick: Ole Miss

Why: “He’s from not too far from Oxford and I think he probably wants to stay home.” - Mississippi-based quarterback Kenneth Jefferson

The pick: Alabama

Why: “That’s a fit for him. And he’s been talking about Bama since he was a [kid].” – Jones

The pick: Ole Miss

Why: “That’s home for him.” – 2019 athlete Tyler Shorter

The pick: Alabama

Why: "After he took a visit there, he fell in love with the school and I see him going there." - Jones

The pick: Alabama

Why: "Dean is a downhill, hard hitting linebacker like Reuben Foster. He is just an Alabama type linebacker." - Clemons

The pick: Auburn

Why: “I just feel like he fits there. I can see it.” - Lucas

The pick: Mississippi State or LSU

Why: “It’s one or the other for him. Not sure which.” - Jones

The pick: Mississippi State

Why: "I think he goes to Mississippi State because he really fits their scheme. He runs to the ball and that is how their defense plays." - Three-star DE Jalil Clemons

The pick: LSU

Why: "It seems like Nathan is sold on LSU." - Three-star WR Jonathan Mingo

The pick: Alabama

Why: "It is a home-state school, he is a hometown type of guy and he has visited there a lot." - Three-star QB Sheldon Layman

The pick: Alabama

Why: "I think Webb really wants to play with Alabama commit Pierce Quick and I think that is important to him." - Four-star quarterback Paul Tyson

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